Diversité de comportement des entreprises à internationalisation précoce et rapide: essai de validation d'une typologie

Mathieu Cabrol and Frédéric Nlemvo

Revue de l'Entrepreneuriat, 2012, vol. 11, issue 3, 111-136

Abstract: This article examines the heterogeneity of early and fast growing internationalizing firms (EIRPs) by proposing a typology validated on French data. The process theory of internationalization (PTI) and the international entrepreneurship (IE) literature explain the diversity in behavior of EIRPs. Our empirical results show that a higher level of internationalization is generally associated with a rapid development both in terms of sales and in the number of geographic areas targeted. In addition, these firms tend to pursue a growth strategy by developing their geographic presence at a global level rather than focusing on more local geographical areas. Entry modes used on foreign markets are mainly modes requiring a low control, except for the firms of the ?Born-Global? type.

Keywords: international entrepreneurship; internationalization; born-global firms (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2012
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